Another 'Minority Report' future

Rating: 7/10 (13 November 2007)

Fundamentally The Island is a science fiction movie that deals with some fairly controversial ideas in an intelligent fashion. Unfortunately, it fails to rise above the stereotypical "Don't fool with Mother Nature" attitude toward technologies that promise human life extension and/or life enhancement.
The concept up for controversy in this movie is cloning for replacement parts, i.e. the idea that as an individual ages or acquires an incurable illness, that individual may have at his or her disposal genetically identical organs grown in vitro (outside the individual).
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Brian Wright Copyright 2007